The Historic Districts Council included New York City's mass grave, Hart Island, among its Six to Celebrate neighborhood preservation priorities. Its narrow shores are dotted with crumbling structures ...

Fingerprints on a Roman burial hold new clues to an unusual liquid gypsum funeral ritual. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Around ...

Long before highways and aircraft, the dead traveled by rail. In the 19th century, overcrowded cities turned to funeral trains to carry coffins and mourners to remote cemeteries, transforming grief ...

Duke faculty members and the Duke Human Rights Center are working to protect human rights for the dead and dying. Human rights for the dead are becoming increasingly important as the U.S. sees a rise ...